Heritage NZ gives Napier s Army Drill Hall Category 2 historic place status
26 Apr, 2021 03:24 AM
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The Drill Hall in Coote Rd, Napier, where it s been since 1889. Photo / Paul Taylor
The Drill Hall in Coote Rd, Napier, where it s been since 1889. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
Napier s Army Drill Hall, parts of which were built more than 130 years ago, has been given Category 2 historic place status on New Zealand Heritage List Rarangi Korero.
On Coote Rd at the foot of Bluff Hill and just off Marine Pde, the original hall was designed by prominent Napier architect Walter Finch and built by volunteer forces in 1886-1887 as a drill shed for the Napier Naval Brigade at Port Ahuriri.
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Marsters said Metservice was alerted to the storm cell around 5pm, off the south coast of Napier. Since then, the water spout had travelled and was now north of the city. It was likely still going, but obscured by darkness. Metservice had also detected thunder and lightening within the clouds, and inland the city had been hammered by heavy rain. There was little threat of it making its way inland, as the spout was sustained by the air currents caused by relatively warm air from the ocean rising in a spiral. Inland, the ground would be too cool, and the spout would just collapse, Marsters said.